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Pavithra Mohan |
Uber Driver Is Employee, California Regulators Rule [Updated] The California Labor Commission has ruled that former San Francisco-based Uber driver Barbara Ann Berwick was, in fact, an employee of Uber, not an independent contractor.   |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Uber Fined $7.3 Million By California Regulators, Risks Suspension A California government agency has hit Uber with a $7.3 million fine for withholding information from regulators, the Associated Press reports. |
Fast Company
Sarah Kessler |
A Consulting Firm Hired By Uber Found That Its Drivers Are Very Happy Uber's survey seems to paint a selective picture of its drivers. Which is exactly what it's designed to do. |
Fast Company
Sarah Kessler |
Uber Is Now Facing A Much Bigger Lawsuit A U.S. district judge granted Uber drivers class-action status in a lawsuit that claims they were incorrectly categorized as contract workers -- which may now apply to tens of thousands of drivers in California. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
The Teamsters Of The 21st Century: How Uber, Lyft, And Facebook Drivers Are Organizing When you think of the Teamsters, you might still think Jimmy Hoffa. But you should also now think Uber, Lyft, and even Facebook. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 23, 2013
Julia Hanna |
Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform There are interesting strategy implications for entrepreneurs when deciding where to place their business on the continuum that runs from pure reseller to pure MSP. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Why The Insurance Industry Is Taking Aim At Uber and Lyft Two bills are now up for approval in California (where both companies are based) that could force an overhaul in their insurance models -- and result in higher fares for customers. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Uber Mistakenly Exposed The Personal Data Of Hundreds Of Drivers The ride-hailing company accidentally released the personal information of hundreds of its drivers, allegedly leaking social security numbers, scans of drivers' licenses, taxi certification forms, and other private data. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Uber's Background Checks Missed Murder And DUI Convictions, Prosecutors Say A recent amendment to a lawsuit filed against Uber last year indicates that the ride-hailing app's screening process for prospective drivers is far from foolproof. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Uber's New Feature Makes Commuting Home A Little Sweeter For Drivers Uber drivers in the Bay Area now have access to a feature that lets them pick up only riders who wish to travel in the same general direction they are headed. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Uber To Lease Cars Directly To UberX Drivers The next natural step for the company, announced Wednesday, is to reduce the barrier to entry for prospective Uber drivers by rejiggering its leasing program. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Uber Relaxes Screening Requirements For California Drivers The company is intentionally easing up on its screening requirements, to give nonviolent criminals a chance to become Uber drivers. |
Fast Company
Alice Truong |
"Shave The Stache": Lyft And Uber Turn To Mobile Billboards To Recruit Drivers As Lyft and Uber scale their e-hailing operations, they're focusing much of their efforts on recruitment -- or, more accurately, poaching. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Google Hit With Worker Lawsuit A week after Amazon's delivery workers brought charges against the company, Google is facing a similar class action lawsuit filed by a driver for its same-day delivery service, Google Express. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Report: Cabbies Are Getting Nicer -- And We Have Uber To Thank Research from the Technology Policy Institute supports the theory that taxi drivers are becoming nicer -- and attributes it to the rise of the ride-hailing startup Uber. |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Uber Debuts A Commuter Service In China [Updated] Now that China's leading ride-hailing company, Didi Kuaidi, has forged a partnership with Lyft, Uber is facing pressure to step up its game in the region. |
Fast Company
Sarah Kessler |
Uber Partners With The University Of Arizona On Self-Driving Cars Uber is teaming up with the University of Arizona to continue its research into self-driving cars. |
Fast Company
Rose Pastore |
As Uber Seeks Another $2 Billion, Its Rivals Form Alliance Competing ride-hailing apps Lyft, Didi Kuaidi, Ola, and GrabTaxi have formed a global alliance to share technology and strategy in order the take on Uber. |
Fast Company
October 2015
Max Chafkin |
What Makes Uber Run Travis Kalanick, the head of Uber, has been presented in an almost cartoonish light, coming off as either a Randian Superman, a Snidely Whiplash -- style mustache-twirling villain, or both. |
Fast Company
Rebecca Greenfield |
UN Women Says It Has No Plans To Collaborate With Uber On Job Creation (Updated) Just 10 days after Uber announced a global program to get more women drivers, UN Women has backed away from its highly publicized partnership to create 1 million jobs for women. |
Fast Company
Mark Sullivan |
Uber Agrees To Encrypt All User Geodata To Close "God View" Investigation Uber has reached a settlement with the New York state attorney general requiring it to encrypt riders' geolocation information and implement other rider privacy protections. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Lyft Teams Up With Hertz And Shell Lyft, the perennial Avis to Uber's Hertz, is introducing a number of perks for its team of drivers. |
Fast Company
John Paul Titlow |
Uber Has A Security Problem And This Facebook Vet Wants To Fix It Uber knows it has a security problem and is apparently very serious about addressing it. Today, they hired longtime Facebook security chief Joe Sullivan away from the social networking giant. |
Fast Company
Chris Gayomali |
Uber's Trust Problem It's worrisome that a company that has raised $1.3 billion in capital has so publicly shown such a flagrant disregard for its customers' privacy. |
Entrepreneur
February 2008
Heather Clancy |
You Know Something? Your website is rich with user information. |
Fast Company
John Paul Titlow |
Lyft Just Raised $530 Million To Challenge Uber For Ride-Sharing Supremacy Lyft is creeping into new markets, reaching profitability in many of them -- and, most importantly, raking in a ton of cash. |
